Month: September 2016

What is wardriving?
Wardriving is the process of seeking out accessible Wi-Fi networks by traveling around a community in a moving vehicle with a laptop computer, smart phone or personal digital assistant.
How does wardriving happen?
Hackers often…http://www.noidentitytheft.com/wardriving/

What is Spoofing?
Just as the name suggests, a spoofing attack occurs when someone with malicious intent fools or impersonates a particular device or user on a computer network to steal data, use malware or find a way around certain controls. To ful…http://www.noidentitytheft.com/spoofing/

What’s an email bomb?
In the world of computers and networks, a “mail bomb” or “email bomb” is a system that floods a particular email inbox or email server with messages – enough to possibly overload the system and cause it to stop working proper…http://www.noidentitytheft.com/email-bomb/

What is Carding?
Carding is the act of taking the credit card information from an unsuspecting victim and using it to either make unauthorized purchases, or to sell to other criminals who are more than willing to pay for the credit card.

What’s a Honeypot?
Honeypots are a form of web security used to detect, deflect, or gather information about unauthorized use. Keeping your computer systems safe may require the use of deception, and a honeypot may be just the key.
How do they wor…http://www.noidentitytheft.com/honeypot/

Synthetic Identity Theft
Synthetic identity theft is the fastest-growing form of identity theft, according to data shared by the Federal Trade Commission, and is thought to account for well over 80 percent of all identity theft frauds reported today…http://www.noidentitytheft.com/synthetic-identity-theft/

What is a Hacker?
If your identity has been stolen online or if you hear stories in the news about others who have been victimized by cybercriminals, there’s a good chance you’ve seen or heard the word “hacker.”

What is the Dark Web?
The “dark web” is a collection of websites that help to disguise the IP addresses of servers responsible for their operation. It sounds sinister and sometimes it can be. You can’t find these sites on a typical search engine, bu…http://www.noidentitytheft.com/dark-web/